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The prospectus for admission to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris of a bond of € 325 million bearing interest at 3.75% per annum and maturing on August 8, 2023, was approved by the AMF under number 18-361.

Paris La Défense, July 26, 2018 – Today, Nexans is issuing its financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2018, as approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel on July 25, 2018.

Paris La Défense, July 4th, 2018 - The Board of Directors of Nexans, during its meeting of July 3, 2018 chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel, decided to appoint Christopher Guérin as Chief Executive Officer. He will take office on 4 July 2018.

Paris La Defense, May 17, 2018 – Nexans Mixed Shareholders’, held on May 17, 2018 in Paris La Défense, at Coeur Defense Conference Centre, approved all the 23 resolutions proposed to the shareholders by the Board of Directors

Paris La Defense, 18 March 2018 – Nexans’ Board of Directors has been informed that the Group’s Chief Executive Officer Arnaud Poupart-Lafarge has requested to leave the company as soon as possible due to personal reasons.

Paris La Défense, July 27, 2017 – Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2017, as examined by the Board of Directors at its meeting chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel on July 26, 2017.

On July 7, 2017, the Board of Directors has decided to implement a share buyback program under the terms and conditions of Article 5 of European Regulation 2014/596 of April 16, 2014 on market abuse (MAR)

Paris, April 3rd, 2017 – The prospectus for admission to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris of a bond of € 200 million bearing interest at 2.75% per annum and maturing on April 5, 2024, was approved by the AMF under number 17-130.

Paris, February 9, 2017 – Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, as approved by the Board of Directors at its February 8, 2017 meeting chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel.

Paris, July 28, 2016 – Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2016, as approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel on July 27, 2016.

BKK Nett AS will soon be the operator of a recording breaking subsea power link as Nexans just completed a project to install the world’s longest and deepest 420 kV XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) insulated submarine cable system.

Paris, May 24, 2016 – The prospectus for admission to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris of a bond of € 250 million bearing interest at 3.25% per annum and maturing on May 26, 2021, was approved by the AMF under number 16-199.

Paris, March 23rd, 2016 –Further to the Nexans Group’s 2015 annual results press release on February 18, 2016, you can now consult the 2015 management report on Nexans website: www.nexans.com, under the “Regulatory required information” section.

Paris, February 17, 2016 - During the Board of Directors meeting on February 17th 2016, Frédéric Vincent announced his decision to end his term as Chairman of the company and as director effective 31st March 2016 and to retire.

On December 14th 2015, Nexans signed a € 600 million Revolving Credit Facility with 11 of its core banks for a period of five years, thereby extending the tenor of the Group’s access to liquidity until 2020.

Following the agreement signed end of October 2015, Nexans confirms that it has concluded, as of December 1st, the divestment of its Argentinean activities to the group which controls the cable manufacturer Cimet in Argentina.

The Nexans Board of Directors decided today to appoint Mrs. Kathleen Wantz-O’Rourke as censor with a view to proposing her candidature as member of the Board of Directors to the 2016 shareholders’ general meeting.

Paris, November 3, 2015 - Nexans announces that the investigation by the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division into the submarine and underground power cable industry, previously disclosed by Nexans, has been closed without prosecution or sanction against any Nexans group company.

Nexans announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Argentinean operations and expects to close this transaction by the end of November 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.

Today, Nexans announced first-quarter 2015 sales of 1,601 million euros at current metal prices (versus 1,560 million euros in the first three months of 2014). At constant metal prices, first quarter sales came in at 1,172 million euros, representing year-on-year organic growth of 1.8%.

Four new Viking Ocean Cruises ships being constructed by Fincantieri, one of the world's largest shipbuilding groups, will benefit from the enhanced fire safety offered by Nexans’ Safe Return to Port (SRtP) cable technology.

Nexans is now represented by the recently-formed executive team led by
Arnaud Poupart-Lafarge, Chief Executive Officer. His new , leaner Management Board was chosen to have new members, tried and tested operational experience, and a focus on driving performance and transforming the Group.

Paris, May 22, 2014 – The Board met on May 22, 2014 under the Chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent to examine a request by Invexans, a Quiñenco subsidiary, to terminate their agreement dated March 27, 2011, as modified by the amendment of November 26, 2012.

Paris, May 15, 2014 – The Board met this day under the Chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent. Pursuant to the Chairman’s proposal, the Board decided to split the duties of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

Paris, April 2nd 2014 – Nexans has been informed of the European Commission decision announced today following its investigation into alleged anti-competitive behavior of cable manufacturers in the high voltage submarine and underground power cable sector

Paris, April 1st, 2014 – The Board of Directors, chaired by Frédéric Vincent, met on March 31, 2014 to approve the resolutions to be submitted to the shareholders at the annual shareholders’ meeting of May 15, 2014.

Paris, July 25, 2013 – The Nexans Board of Directors meeting on July 24, 2013, under the chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent, approved the Group’s consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2013.

Nexans has made a breakthrough in the Malaysia offshore sector with the award of a major contract by Persada Engineering to supply an electro/hydraulic subsea umbilical for Sarawak Shell Berhad’s F29 field development.

Nexans’ 2012 Registration document has been registered with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on April 3, 2013. Nexans Mixed Shareholders’ Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 3.00 pm in the Claude Levi-Strauss theatre of the quai Branly museum.

The Group has increased its committed credit facility (initially for an amount of €540 million for 5 years maturing in November 2016) to €600 million by introducing a new lender for the remaining term.

Paris, November 27, 2012 – Nexans (the “Company”) announces the signing, on November 26, of an amendment to the agreement entered into on March 27, 2011 with its main shareholder, the Chilean group Madeco, which today holds approximately 22.5% of the share capital and voting rights of the Company.

Paris, July 25, 2012 – The Nexans Board of Directors met on July 24, 2012, under the chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent, to approve the Group’s consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2012.

Paris, May 16, 2012 – Nexans announced on February 8, 2012 the implementation of a new employee shareholding plan. This press release aims to detail certain features of the capital increase reserved for Group employees.

Paris, May 15, 2012 – Nexans’ Mixed General Shareholders’ Meeting, held on May 15, 2012, has approved all resolutions proposed to vote. The results of the vote will be available online on Nexans’ website at www.nexans.com/ag2012 in the coming days.

Paris, April 5, 2012 – Nexans’ 2011 Registration document has been registered with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on April 4, 2012. It is available to the public in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and is available online on Nexans’ website

The Group will present the outlook for first half 2011 at the Mixed Shareholders’ Meeting that will be held today at 3:00 p.m. at the musée du quai Branly in Paris (France). The meeting will be chaired by Frédéric Vincent, Chairman and CEO.

Paris, April 20, 2011 – Nexans’ 2010 Registration document has been registered with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on April 19, 2011. Nexans Mixed Shareholders’ Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at 3.00 pm in the Claude Levi-Strauss theatre of the quai Branly museum.

Nexans has developed its new HYPRON® range to provide an environmentally friendly alternative to lead-sheathed cables for onshore power, control and instrumentation applications in the oil and gas industry.

An investigation of Nexans, along with other international cable manufacturers, has been undertaken by competition authorities in Spain, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, as well as by the European Commission concerning in particular high voltage activities of the Group.

Paris, September 20, 2007 - As part of this initiative, Nexans will supply free power and data cables for the Trianon Palace, the Grand Lodgings (Grand Commun) and the Royal Opera. This first tranche of sponsorship is valued at between 500,000 and 1 million euros.

Paris, December 21, 2006 - Nexans has been awarded a three-year frame agreement contract worth 65 million Euro to supply medium-voltage power cables to Salt River Project (SRP), the third largest public power utility in the US.

Paris, January 9, 2007 – Nexans has completed the acquisition of The Valley Group, Inc (TVG), the world leader in real-time thermal rating technology for Overhead Power Transmission applications to provide reliable power line monitoring for electric utilities.

Paris, November 8, 2006 – Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, announced the signature of an agreement to acquire the Australian company Olex, the uncontested cable industry leader in the Australasia region, for approximately 310 million euros.

Paris, October 24, 2006 - Nexans today announced 2006 third-quarter sales of 1,900million euros (at actual non-ferrous metal prices*). This result is based on 13 working weeks, compared to 14 working weeks in the third quarter 2005.

Paris, September 21, 2006 – Nexans has been awarded a €100 million contract by the Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA) to supply and install the submarine and land cables to create a new 132kV power link between Abu Dhabi’s mainland network and Delma Island.

Paris, September 21, 2006 - Nexans announces the appointment of Frédéric Michelland, 40 years old, as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Committee, effective November 1st, 2006. Frédéric Michelland is joining from Suez Group.

Paris, September 4, 2006 - Nexans has been awarded a contract worth over 73 million Euro to design, manufacture, deliver and install a 138 kV high voltage submarine transmission link between Norwalk (Connecticut) and Northport on Long Island (New York) in the United States.

Hauppauge, NY-August 2, 2006 - The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) held a Groundbreaking Ceremony today in Holbrook to announce the construction phase of the world’s largest and highest-voltage superconductor electric transmission cable system.

Paris, July 25, 2006 – Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, today announced the signature of agreements with Viscas (JV Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and Fujikura Ltd) to create a production joint venture dedicated to the manufacturing of submarine high voltage power cables.

Paris, July 25, 2006 - The Board of Directors of Nexans, which met on July 24, 2006 under the chairmanship of Gérard Hauser, reviewed the Group's consolidated financial statements for the first half-year.

Paris, July 19, 2006 – Nexans has recently been awarded a frame agreement for the supply of copper and optical fiber telecommunication cables to Citrus Solutions, a subsidiary of the Latvian telecom operator Lattelekom.

Paris, June 20, 2006 - Nexans and BP are making history with the Power from Shore project that will make Valhall, in the Norwegian North Sea, the world’s first offshore oil field to receive all its electricity from land, with no need for on-platform generation.

Paris, June 15, 2006 - Bredbånd Finnmark AS has awarded Nexans a contract to supply fibre-optic cables for the first phase in the development of a fibre-optic telecommunications network throughout Finnmark, the northernmost county in Norway.

Paris, June 13, 2006 - Nexans has signed a basic agreement with Gottwald Port Technology to equip 4 pilot automated-stacking cranes with RHEYFIRM(RTS) medium voltage cables for the new Deurganck Dock located at P&O’s Antwerp Gateway Terminal.

Paris, June 8, 2006 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has completed a 16.5 million euros project for Elia, the Belgian electricity transport network manager, to create a new 33 km underground 150 kV link between the Coxyde and Slijkens substations on the Belgian coast.

Paris – April 26, 2006 - To clarify its balance sheet structure and eliminate further financial charges related to its 3.125 % 2010 Convertible Bond (OCEANE), the meeting of the Board of Directors of Nexans held on 29th March 2006, which decided the cancellation of 2,221,199 treasury shares held by the Company on such date (representing approximately 9.4 % of the share capital), also decided to call a meeting of the holders of convertible bonds (OCEANE).

Paris, April 24, 2006 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has developed an innovative range of pre-terminated fibre assemblies called LANmark-OF Pre-Term. The assemblies provide outstanding cable performance by combining high bandwidth fibres with enhanced performance connectors.

Paris, 21 April 2006 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cables industry, has won a 23 million Euro order from Statoil to supply a direct electrical heating (DEH) system for the subsea flowlines on the Tyrihans oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea.

Paris, April 19, 2006 - Nexans is launching a capital increase reserved to its employees, the characteristics of which are described below, through which the Company seeks closer involvement of its employees in the Group’s development and results. Employees owned 1.1% of Nexans share capital on February 28, 2006.

Paris, 7 April 2006 - Nexans’ Board of Directors, who met on 29 March 2006, decided to cancel all 2,221,199 treasury shares held by the Company and to hold the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on 15 May 2006 ...

Paris, April 3, 2006 - Nexans’ Board of Directors at its meeting of March 29, 2006 confirmed its confidence in the Chairman and CEO Gérard Hauser, and decided to submit to the shareholders a proposal to prolong Gérard Hauser’s term as Director ...

Paris, March 10, 2006 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, announces the appointment of Jean-Claude Nicolas as Corporate Vice President Communications within the Human Resources and Communication Department.

Paris, February 2, 2006 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, today announced the sale to Rexel of its Swiss distribution activities (Electro-Matériel SA) for an enterprise value of 206 million euros.

Paris, December 19, 2005 - As of February 1st, 2006, Véronique Guillot-Pelpel, Senior Corporate Vice President Communications since 2000, is appointed Corporate Vice President Human Resources and Communications of Nexans.

Paris, December 21, 2005 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has signed an 18 Million Euros contract with Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) to supply a submarine high voltage link between Khanom, on the mainland, and Ko Samui Island, Thailand’s third largest island, in the Gulf of Siam.

Paris, July 21, 2005 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has signed an agreement with Ahlsell for the sale of its distribution activities located in Norway (Nexans Distribusjon AS)...

Paris, July 21, 2005- The Board of Directors of Nexans, which met on July 20, 2005 under the chairmanship of Gérard Hauser, reviewed the Group's consolidated financial statements for the first half-year.

Paris, 29 June 2005 - Nexans, has been awarded an order by Bombardier-Sifang-Power Transportation Ltd. (BSP) to supply power and control cables for the high grade railway cars of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Project.

June 20, 2005 - Nexans will create a new business unit under the management of Nexans Cabling Solutions called Nexans Intelligent Enterprise Solutions (IES), which will specialize in the development of products & services under the LANSense brand.

Paris, June 2, 2005 - The Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Nexans, held on June 2 and presided by Gérard Hauser, Chairman and CEO, approved the payment of a dividend of 0.50 euro per share, compared to 0.20 euro per share in 2004.

Paris, 24 May 2005 - Nexans has been awarded by the Public Power Corporation of Greece a 20 Million Euros contract for the supply and installation of submarine and terrestrial cables which will link Sagiada (Greece) to Agios Vassilios (Corfu).

OTC Houston, May 2, 2005 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a contract of approximately 7.5 million USD, by Alaska Electric Light and Power (AEL&P), for the supply and installation of a 3 core 69 kV XLPE solid dielectric submarine cable.

OTC Houston, May 2, 2005 - Nexans has developed a new steep terrain dredger/ sub-sea intervention vehicle for the demanding seafloor terrain of the Ormen Lange gas field on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Paris, April 12, 2005 - Nexans has been awarded a 50 million Euro contract by Dolphin Energy to manufacture and install the chemical injection/control umbilicals for the Dolphin Gas project in the Middle East.

Shanghai, April 6, 2005 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has held a grand opening ceremony, in presence of Gérard Hauser, CEO of the Group, to mark the official start of production at its 22 million Euros special cable plant in Shanghai, China.

Paris, 24 January 2005 - Nexans has been awarded a contract worth approximately 9 million Euros by Perenco, to deliver power and control cables for the development of its oil fields, off the coast of Gabon, West Africa.

Paris, 17 January 2005 - Nexans announces that its Machinery unit based in Hanover in Germany has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with the Austrian company Cincinnati Extrusion GmbH. This agreement concerns the sale of equipment used to manufacture plastic-metal composite pipes.

Paris, 10 January 2005 - Nexans, has won a contract worth around Euros 15 million to manufacture and install the world's first 420kV XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) submarine power cable for the ongoing development of the Ormen Lange gas field on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Paris, 09 August 2004 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, announced today that it has signed a contract with Spain's Telefónica for the supply of telecommunications cables amounting to about two million kilometers of insulated conductors over the next two years.

Paris, July 21, 2004 - The Board of Directors of Nexans, which met on July 20, 2004 under the chairmanship of Gérard Hauser, reviewed the Group's consolidated financial statements for the first half-year. A full set of slides to illustrate the presentation of the results is also available.

Paris, July 15, 2004 - Nexans closed (payment-delivery) its offering of OCEANE bonds (Visa AMF n°04-652), launched on July 6, for an amount of 135 million euros after the exercise of the over-allotment option of 15 million euros.

Paris, July 6, 2004 - Nexans takes the opportunity of the capital market transaction announced today to confirm its outlook for the first semester as announced at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting held on June 3, 2004.

Paris, 16 June 2004 - Nexans, the largest shareholder of Nexans Korea and Kukdong Electric Wire, announced today that it will make two separate tender offers for the shares of these companies which it does not currently own.

Paris, June 14, 2004 - Nexans has been chosen by International Telecom Inc. to supply the fiber optic submarine cables of the ring system (COGIM*) that will connect 'La Gaspésie' with les 'Îles-de-la Madeleine', in Canada.

Paris, June 3, 2004 - The Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Nexans, held June 3 and presided by Gérard Hauser, Chairman and CEO, approved the payment of a dividend of 0.20 euro per share. The dividend payment date is scheduled for June 7.

Paris, April 28, 2004 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has just signed a contract in Libya worth some 100 million euros with General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) to provide high-voltage underground power transmission links in the country's two main cities, Tripoli and Benghazi.

Paris, April 15, 2004 ' The Nexans Board of Directors, chaired by Nexans Chairman and CEO Gérard Hauser, met on Thursday April 8, 2004 to finalize the resolutions to be submitted to the Annual Shareholders' Meeting to be held on June 3, 2004.

Paris, April 1, 2004 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, was today awarded a dredging services contract worth 24 million euros from the Norwegian company Hydro on behalf of the Ormen Lange license group.

Paris, March 31, 2004 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has supplied control, signal and power cables for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project which landed on the red planet during January this year.

Paris, November 5, 2001 - Nexans, the leader in a consortium with Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi of Italy and ABB HV Cables of Sweden, has been awarded the major part of a contract from CLP Power to supply 132 kV XLPE (Cross Linked Polyethylene) power cables to Hong Kong.

Paris, April 24, 2002 - Nexans has just won a new 52 million euros contract in Kuwait for the supply and turnkey installation of several 300kV high voltage power cable connections in Kuwait City, between the Salmieh X substation and six other peripheral substations.

Paris, November 20, 2001 - Nexans and Sercel SA* have successfully performed the first field trial of a new seabed seismic system, 'Deep Sea Link', which the two companies have been co-developing together for several years.

Paris, October 23, 2001 - Nexans launches a new series of cables - the NCX® cables - designed to meet the miniaturization and high-speed requirements for STM1 connections between switching and transmission equipment.

Paris, January 30, 2002 - Nexans has just won a 24 million euros contract in Kuwait for the supply and installation of several underground 132-kV LPOF high-voltage cable links in Kuwait City between the high-voltage substations of Mina Abdulla, Sabhan, Fantas, Ardilya, Fadous, Riqqee, Yarmouk, Al Rai, Omeriah, Almahdi and Hadiya.

Milan-Paris, October 24, 2003 ' A consortium formed by Pirelli Energy Cables and Systems and Nexans has been awarded a 'turn-key' contract by STEG ' Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz to provide and install underground high voltage cables and accessories for new power lines in the Tunis area and Bizerte.

Paris, July 31, 2003 - Nexans has won a Euros 15 million contract from Statoil to supply electrical heating cables, heating cable risers and protective equipment for the subsea flowlines on the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea.

Paris, December10, 2003 ' A consortium formed 50/50 by Nexans and Pirelli has been awarded a contract for realizing - for Moroccan power company L'Office National de l'Electricité and Spanish Red Electrica de España - a turn-key high voltage submarine link that will interconnect Spanish and Moroccan power grids across the Gibraltar Strait and is worth 115 million euros.

Paris, December 2, 2002 - Nexans and a group of shareholders of Kukdong Electrical Wires Company have reached an agreement in principle for the acquisition by Nexans of a controlling block of shares in the Korean cable manufacturer Kukdong Electrical Wires Company.

Paris, December 5, 2002 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has signed a contract with the French Atomic Commission (CEA, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique), for the supply of cables and equipment to a nuclear test ban monitoring project called, "HA4-Crohydro".

Paris, November 18, 2003 ' Nexans has been awarded the contract to supply the high temperature superconductor (HTS) components for the US Department of Energy's $12-million Matrix Fault Current Limiter (MFCL) project.

Hannover, November 2002 ' With an output of 1060 MW, the Goldisthal pumped storage power station presently under construction in the Thuringian district of Sonneberg/Germany, is the largest and most modern power station of that kind Europe...

Paris, July 21, 2003 - Nexans has been awarded an order for the supply of 23 km of 35 kV submarine power cables to transport the power generated by the wind turbines of the Arklow (Ireland) wind farm to an onshore cable station, as well as the links between the individual wind turbines.

Paris, September 3, 2002 - Nexans has successfully teamed up with Unisys and BT on a project to supply a high performance LAN to one of the most demanding customers in the world, one of the UK's Security Agencies.

Paris, October 14, 2002 - Nexans has won a new contract from Chantiers de l'Atlantique (Atlantic Shipyards), an Alstom subsidiary, for the supply and installation of over 3,000 kilometers of halogen free, flame retardant and/or fire resistant cables in the Queen Mary 2.

Paris, November 26, 2002 - Nexans has been awarded a 30 million euro contract by the Swiss railway company BLS Alptransit for the supply of the high, medium and low-energy cables and all the optical fiber links to equip the first trans-Alpine rail link on the Basle-Milan axis.

Paris, September 10, 2003 - The Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (FCL) is a new appliance for the power engineering sector. FCL will considerably improve the network resistance to short circuit currents. This is an important gain in terms of quality for the energy supply, in particular when taking into account factors like the increasing complexity resulting from deregulation and the integration of renewable sources such as wind and solar energy.

Paris, July 18, 2003 - Following an article of today in the French press, Nexans points out that it has not submitted an offer for the acquisition of the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) activities of Alstom.

November 2002 - Nexans has developed a new training approach dedicated to data cabling systems, based on web 'e-learning', to supplement it's extensive range of independently recognized infrastructure courses.

Paris, May 28, 2003 - Despite the fact that Category 7 has traditionally been considered as a 'German system', many of the first projects have in fact come from outside of Germany with orders being placed in Norway, France and even the UK, a predominantly UTP market.

Paris, July 17, 2003 - Nexans has signed a contract with the DGA (Délégation Générale pour l'Armement) for the supply of a superconducting coil that can store magnetic energy and convert it into electricity in the space of about one second.

Paris, June 12, 2003 ' Two years after being listed on the Paris stock exchange, Nexans announces implementation of a new organizational structure to better meet the business challenges facing its activities today.

Paris, July 2, 2003 ' Nexans has signed a memorandum of understanding with Platinum Equity, a leading private equity firm specialized in the acquisition and expansion of technology companies, for the sale of its distribution activities located in Norway (Nexans Distribusjon AS).

Lyon, July 13, 2001 - Today saw the laying of the foundation stone of the 'Nexans Research Centre' (NRC) in Lyon. The ceremony was presided over by Bruno Thomas, Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations at Nexans, in the presence of Jean-Pierre Flaconnèche, the Mayor of the 7th district of the City of Lyon.

Paris, April 23, 2003 - Nexans has been awarded the contract to manufacture the cable and cryogenic insulation system for the US Department of Energy's (DOE) $30 million high temperature superconductor (HTS) power transmission cable project in the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) transmission grid.

Bordeaux, France ' February 19, 2004 ' For the annual meeting of the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 Committee in Bordeaux, Nexans has provided all cable products, connectors and cords needed to implement a new Grade 3 residential infrastructure as defined by the UTE C90483 guide.

Paris, January 14, 2003 - Nexans today announced it has signed an agreement in principle with Brazilian company Furukawa Industrial S.A. Produtos Elétricos (owned 51% by The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Japan) and 49% by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan, Brazil)) to acquire all the stock in its subsidiary Furukawa Cabos de Energia S.A. (FCE).

Paris, January 7, 2003 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has won a new four-year contract, valued at roughly 50 million euro, to supply power cable to the Salt River Project (SRP), a major electrical utility located on the West Coast of the US.

Paris, 17 April, 2003 - Nexans is participating in China's first High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) power cable project, led by Innopower Superconductor Cable Co., Ltd. The project is based at a power station in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in southern China.

Paris, January 16, 2003 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a letter of intent from ABB for the supply of 165km of umbilical cables and 26,5 km of submarine control cables.

Paris, April 22, 2003 - Freeserve, the UK's No.1 internet portal and access provider, has recently completed the installation of a Nexans LANmark structured cabling system in it's new Technical Headquarters in Leeds.

Paris, July 9, 2001 - Nexans, a world leader in the cable industry, has announced that installation of the latest state-of-the-art communications network has begun on 'The World' of ResidenSea, a new super luxurious cruise ship intended to be a floating home on the high seas.

Paris, April 10, 2001 - Shell has awarded Nexans, the world leader in undersea power and umbilical cables, a contract worth 22 million euros for the supply and installation of a 135 km long umbilical cable.

Paris, July 2, 2001 - Nexans has been awarded a contract from Eltra in Denmark to deliver and install 21km of subsea power cable to the world's largest sea-based windmill park, Horns Rev, by the Danish west-coast.

Paris, April 18, 2001 - Nexans, the world's leading manufacturer of undersea power and umbilical cables, signed a contract worth 23 million euros with the Burullus Gas Company for the supply and installation of approximately one hundred kilometres of umbilical cables in Egypt.

Paris, February 22, 2001 ' Nexans has achieved a European first by being the only manufacturer in Europe to have its Cat.6/Class E cabling solution certified by two world-renowned International Delta EC/3P certification laboratories.

Paris, December 5, 2000 - The first European electrical installation portal for the promotion of products and services for construction industry professionals, created on October 25, is to be called Voltimum.

Paris, February 6, 2001 - Nexans, through its enamel insulated wire product line - n° 1 in the world in this activity sector, signed a contract with Siemens for 15.8 million Euros* to provide transposed cables in 2001/2002.*including the copper price

Paris, July 16, 2001 - Nexans has been awarded an order from ThyssenKrupp Transrapid GmbH for the supply and installation of the motor winding (longstator winding) for the Transrapid track to be set up in Shanghai.

Paris, July 31, 2001 ' Nexans (Paris: NEX.PA), the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a 17.5 million Euro contract to supply 75 km of umbilical cables to Statoil's Mikkel field in the Norwegian Sea.

Paris, September 3, 2002 - Nexans has successfully teamed up with Unisys and BT on a project to supply a high performance LAN to one of the most demanding customers in the world, one of the UK's Security Agencies.

Paris, July 9, 2001 - Nexans, a world leader in the cable industry, has announced that installation of the latest state-of-the-art communications network has begun on 'The World' of ResidenSea, a new super luxurious cruise ship intended to be a floating home on the high seas.